Unitary semi-presidential republic; restored independence from the USSR on 11 Mar 1990, the first Soviet republic to do so.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Lithuania — the shape you scrub through changes in 1918 · 1934 · 1939 · 1990.
Butterwick's survey carries Lithuania from the medieval Grand Duchy through the Commonwealth and Soviet era to the restored republic in a single accessible volume.
Comparative regional history covering Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
By the only Western journalist based permanently in the Baltics during the independence struggle; covers history, culture, and the 1990–1991 independence campaigns for all three states.
The definitive single-volume history of Europe after 1945 — the era that made this state’s present form.